DE Shaw Technology Developer Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Round duration - 120 Minutes
Round difficulty - Hard

Q1. 
Number Pattern Generator
To arrange a high-security meeting, tables are set up for delegates and security personnel. There are N rows of tables. The first row has one table, the second row has two tables,...read more
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Q2. 
Minimum Sum in Matrix Problem Statement
You are given a 2D matrix 'ARR' of size 'N x 3' with integers, where 'N' is the number of rows. Your task is to compute the smallest sum achievable by selecting one...read more
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Q3. 
Buy and Sell Stock Problem Statement
Imagine you are Harshad Mehta's friend, and you have been given the stock prices of a particular company for the next 'N' days. You can perform up to two buy-and-sell ...read more
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Round duration - 90 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Q1. 
Pretty JSON Formatting Problem
You're provided with a string 'STR' that represents a JSON object. Your task is to return an array of strings representing JSON objects, formatted with proper indentation ba...read more
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Q2. 
Peak Element Finder
For a given array of integers arr, identify the peak element. A peak element is an element that is greater than its neighboring elements. Specifically, if arr[i] is the peak, then both...read more
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